FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT

Will we join the great feast where sinners of all kinds gather,

welcomed home from their variousprodigal journeys?

Will we nurse our resentmentsand self-righteous complaints

to the end of our daysalone in our castle on a hill?

Will we get out of our own way,

and let God’s love thaw those bricks of bitterness?

Will we come back to the only home we’ve ever known?

It is our choice to make.

No one will force you through the door. 

The father stands there,arms extended,

eyes hopefuland expectant,

grace aboundingfor you and me,

a mercy that is hard to receive,

but what else is there to do but receive it? 

The music is playing.

The fatted calf is ready.

Will you risk delight?

Will you keep the feast? 

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